7.8 The Service Boards should continue to sit as sub-committees to the Defence Council on an annual basis to provide a formal means by which the Service Chief can report on the health of his Service to the Defence Secretary, and to exercise its quasi judicial powers.
7.9 It will be for the individual Service Chief to decide how he is supported in the delivery of his responsibilities on a day-to day basis but we consider the Service Executive Committee may serve as a useful forum for this role and could be merged with the current TLB Operating Boards. The Command Director of Resources should sit on this committee.